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Expressing “don't work too hard”I'd imagine that there being no phrase for "Don't work too hard" in the Japanese language comes from the same attitudinal causes as there being a such thing as death from working too hard. But I live here, so I have a lot of exposure to the culture.

Expressing “don't work too hard”Exactly. I've tried to say this exact phrase three or four times, and every time I ask a native how to say it, I get a good three or four minutes of confused looks before they get the meaning/intent.